Microservices Job Trends

Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 84 54
Rank change year-on-year -2 -30 -20
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,630 1,992 2,733
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.32% 2.89% 4.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.75% 3.51% 5.19%
Number of salaries quoted 758 1,138 2,151
10th Percentile £52,500 £45,456 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £117,875 £110,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,513 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +5.40% -3.70% +5.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43,485 56,800 52,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 88.57% 82.28% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 24,712 30,353 40,296
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £54,000 £53,249
% change year-on-year -14.81% +1.41% +1.43%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 21 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 21 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +4 1,496 £75,000 +11.11% 1,114
UK excluding London +3 962 £68,513 +5.40% 816
Work from Home +17 902 £70,000 +12.00% 887
London +5 634 £84,500 -0.59% 542
North of England +25 469 £70,000 +14.37% 169
North West +49 412 £70,000 +12.00% 92
South East -71 142 £70,000 +7.69% 421
Midlands +40 136 £70,000 +7.69% 68
Scotland -10 96 £77,500 +19.23% 25
West Midlands +54 73 £70,000 +7.69% 32
East Midlands +32 61 £77,500 +19.23% 32
East of England +11 57 £65,000 - 50
South West -44 57 £62,500 - 63
Yorkshire -51 47 £71,000 +16.00% 50
North East -13 10 £43,500 -25.13% 29
Wales -2 9 £52,000 -5.45% 19
Northern Ireland -10 2 £45,000 -30.77% 10

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 191 (11.72%) Confluence
2 31 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
3 25 (1.53%) Apache
4 23 (1.41%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 13 (0.80%) CMS
7 11 (0.67%) Appian
8 9 (0.55%) JBoss
9 6 (0.37%) OpenStack
10 5 (0.31%) nginx
10 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Fuse
11 4 (0.25%) IIS
12 2 (0.12%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.12%) SharePoint
12 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.061%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.061%) CICS
13 1 (0.061%) ColdFusion
13 1 (0.061%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.061%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (0.92%) Maya
2 4 (0.25%) PlantUML
3 3 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.061%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (0.49%) Endur
3 8 (0.49%) SAP FS
3 8 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.25%) Shopify
5 2 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.061%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 1,044 (64.05%) AWS
2 972 (59.63%) Azure
3 508 (31.17%) GCP
4 165 (10.12%) Serverless
5 122 (7.48%) Azure DevOps
6 115 (7.06%) SaaS
7 112 (6.87%) GitHub
8 70 (4.29%) Amazon EKS
9 68 (4.17%) Amazon S3
10 64 (3.93%) Amazon ECS
11 60 (3.68%) Amazon EC2
12 51 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
13 47 (2.88%) PaaS
14 46 (2.82%) GitHub Actions
15 39 (2.39%) Amazon SQS
16 36 (2.21%) Power Platform
17 35 (2.15%) Azure Service Bus
18 32 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
19 30 (1.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
20 29 (1.78%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.92%) Firewall
2 11 (0.67%) HTTP
2 11 (0.67%) Network Security
3 7 (0.43%) WAN
4 5 (0.31%) AMQP
4 5 (0.31%) DNS
4 5 (0.31%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.25%) 3GPP
5 4 (0.25%) 5G
6 3 (0.18%) Internet
7 2 (0.12%) Broadband
7 2 (0.12%) LAN
7 2 (0.12%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.061%) 4G
8 1 (0.061%) Diameter Protocol
8 1 (0.061%) SCTP
8 1 (0.061%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 363 (22.27%) SQL Server
2 170 (10.43%) NoSQL
3 158 (9.69%) PostgreSQL
4 156 (9.57%) MongoDB
5 91 (5.58%) Relational Database
6 58 (3.56%) MySQL
7 54 (3.31%) DynamoDB
8 48 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
8 48 (2.94%) Elasticsearch
9 34 (2.09%) RDBMS
10 32 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
11 31 (1.90%) Big Data
12 26 (1.60%) Redis
13 23 (1.41%) Amazon Aurora
13 23 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
14 13 (0.80%) Power BI
15 12 (0.74%) Apache Cassandra
16 10 (0.61%) Data Lake
17 9 (0.55%) Tableau
18 8 (0.49%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 306 (18.77%) JIRA
2 302 (18.53%) GitLab
3 286 (17.55%) Selenium
4 275 (16.87%) Maven
5 271 (16.63%) Cucumber
6 265 (16.26%) SonarQube
7 257 (15.77%) Bitbucket
8 250 (15.34%) Sonatype Nexus
9 169 (10.37%) Git
10 127 (7.79%) Jenkins
11 60 (3.68%) JUnit
12 45 (2.76%) Mockito
13 34 (2.09%) JMeter
14 19 (1.17%) CircleCI
15 16 (0.98%) Octopus Deploy
16 13 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
16 13 (0.80%) Visual Studio
17 12 (0.74%) Robot Framework
17 12 (0.74%) Snyk
18 11 (0.67%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 635 (38.96%) Finance
2 557 (34.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 416 (25.52%) Banking
4 288 (17.67%) Social Skills
5 197 (12.09%) Law
6 139 (8.53%) Retail
7 106 (6.50%) Investment Banking
8 102 (6.26%) Analytical Skills
9 90 (5.52%) Corporate Banking
10 78 (4.79%) Public Sector
11 61 (3.74%) Marketing
12 43 (2.64%) Financial Institution
13 34 (2.09%) Games
14 33 (2.02%) Billing
15 28 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
16 25 (1.53%) Dutch Language
16 25 (1.53%) French Language
16 25 (1.53%) Front Office
17 21 (1.29%) Legal
18 20 (1.23%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 691 (42.39%) Software Engineer
2 412 (25.28%) Senior
3 406 (24.91%) Developer
4 247 (15.15%) Senior Software Engineer
5 234 (14.36%) Lead
6 199 (12.21%) Architect
7 124 (7.61%) Java Developer
8 109 (6.69%) Java Engineer
9 107 (6.56%) .NET Developer
10 96 (5.89%) Solutions Architect
11 87 (5.34%) Java Software Engineer
12 73 (4.48%) Senior Developer
13 70 (4.29%) Lead Developer
14 65 (3.99%) Full-Stack Developer
15 51 (3.13%) Lead Software Engineer
16 44 (2.70%) C# Developer
17 42 (2.58%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 39 (2.39%) Software Developer
19 37 (2.27%) Principal Engineer
19 37 (2.27%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 499 (30.61%) Spring
2 495 (30.37%) .NET
3 469 (28.77%) Kafka
4 466 (28.59%) React
4 466 (28.59%) Spring Boot
5 361 (22.15%) HTML
6 358 (21.96%) RESTful
7 322 (19.75%) CSS
8 308 (18.90%) REST
9 283 (17.36%) Node.js
10 276 (16.93%) JPA
11 267 (16.38%) Redux
12 226 (13.87%) Hibernate
13 150 (9.20%) AngularJS
14 127 (7.79%) .NET Core
15 118 (7.24%) HTML5
16 101 (6.20%) Jest
17 98 (6.01%) CSS3
18 97 (5.95%) Web Services
19 95 (5.83%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 346 (21.23%) Product Ownership
2 337 (20.67%) Enterprise Software
3 322 (19.75%) Cloud Native
4 206 (12.64%) Self-Motivation
5 178 (10.92%) Cyberattack
5 178 (10.92%) Linux Command Line
6 161 (9.88%) Distributed Systems
7 47 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
8 45 (2.76%) Public Cloud
9 41 (2.52%) Algorithms
10 38 (2.33%) Virtual Team
11 34 (2.09%) Mobile App
12 33 (2.02%) Management Information System
12 33 (2.02%) Onboarding
13 30 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
14 29 (1.78%) Distributed Architecture
15 21 (1.29%) Data Structures
15 21 (1.29%) Low-Code
16 19 (1.17%) Client/Server
17 18 (1.10%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 239 (14.66%) Linux
2 36 (2.21%) Windows
3 9 (0.55%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.49%) Android
5 7 (0.43%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.43%) Unix
6 2 (0.12%) Debian
6 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.061%) CentOS
7 1 (0.061%) Fedora
7 1 (0.061%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.061%) VMS
7 1 (0.061%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,064 (65.28%) Agile
2 843 (51.72%) Software Engineering
3 807 (49.51%) CI/CD
4 710 (43.56%) DevOps
5 494 (30.31%) Containerisation
6 474 (29.08%) Mentoring
7 459 (28.16%) Full-Stack Development
8 435 (26.69%) SDLC
9 410 (25.15%) Test Automation
10 370 (22.70%) TDD
11 341 (20.92%) User Experience
12 339 (20.80%) Continuous Improvement
13 334 (20.49%) Scrum
14 314 (19.26%) Front End Development
15 300 (18.40%) Performance Optimisation
16 274 (16.81%) Machine Learning
17 272 (16.69%) Clean Code
18 219 (13.44%) AI
19 210 (12.88%) Data Engineering
20 206 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 876 (53.74%) Java
2 684 (41.96%) JavaScript
3 536 (32.88%) SQL
4 457 (28.04%) Python
5 331 (20.31%) C#
6 247 (15.15%) TypeScript
7 231 (14.17%) Go
8 197 (12.09%) Rust
9 189 (11.60%) C++
10 45 (2.76%) Kotlin
11 40 (2.45%) Shell Script
12 22 (1.35%) PowerShell
13 21 (1.29%) PHP
14 19 (1.17%) PL/SQL
15 18 (1.10%) Scala
16 9 (0.55%) Bash
16 9 (0.55%) C
17 8 (0.49%) Bicep
18 7 (0.43%) Groovy
18 7 (0.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 286 (17.55%) Security Cleared
2 236 (14.48%) AWS Certification
3 209 (12.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 194 (11.90%) DV Cleared
5 182 (11.17%) AWS Certified Developer
6 165 (10.12%) Degree
7 81 (4.97%) SC Cleared
8 77 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 50 (3.07%) Master's Degree
10 38 (2.33%) Azure Certification
11 28 (1.72%) TOGAF Certification
12 10 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.49%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.49%) PMP
14 7 (0.43%) CISM
14 7 (0.43%) CISSP
15 6 (0.37%) ISTQB
16 5 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
17 4 (0.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 4 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 341 (20.92%) QA
2 111 (6.81%) Accessibility
3 36 (2.21%) GDPR
4 14 (0.86%) HIPAA
4 14 (0.86%) NIST
4 14 (0.86%) PCI DSS
5 12 (0.74%) SLA
6 11 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (0.49%) IFRS
7 8 (0.49%) IFRS 17
7 8 (0.49%) Solvency II
8 7 (0.43%) EMIR
9 5 (0.31%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.25%) NCSC
10 4 (0.25%) SEPA
10 4 (0.25%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.18%) WCAG
12 2 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.12%) PSD2
System Software
1 620 (38.04%) Docker
2 14 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.18%) Postfix
6 2 (0.12%) HDFS
6 2 (0.12%) KVM
6 2 (0.12%) Terminal Server
6 2 (0.12%) Xen
7 1 (0.061%) Firmware
7 1 (0.061%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.061%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 638 (39.14%) Kubernetes
2 147 (9.02%) Terraform
3 45 (2.76%) Grafana
4 40 (2.45%) Prometheus
5 37 (2.27%) Ansible
6 31 (1.90%) Kibana
7 15 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (0.74%) Argo
9 8 (0.49%) Mesos
9 8 (0.49%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.31%) Puppet
11 4 (0.25%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.12%) CFEngine
12 2 (0.12%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.061%) CA Endevor
13 1 (0.061%) Istio
13 1 (0.061%) Nagios
Vendors
1 247 (15.15%) Solace
2 201 (12.33%) Microsoft
3 58 (3.56%) Oracle
4 39 (2.39%) Guidewire
5 30 (1.84%) Splunk
6 27 (1.66%) Dynatrace
6 27 (1.66%) Google
7 20 (1.23%) Salesforce
8 18 (1.10%) BiZZdesign
8 18 (1.10%) SAP
9 16 (0.98%) Atlassian
9 16 (0.98%) OpenAI
10 14 (0.86%) VMware
11 11 (0.67%) Black Duck
11 11 (0.67%) UiPath
12 10 (0.61%) Duck Creek
12 10 (0.61%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.49%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (0.49%) MuleSoft
13 8 (0.49%) Palo Alto